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Greg Souchack, partner for managed services and cloud solutions at IBM’s global business services unit, has said the U.S. Army could leverage the company’s Watson artificial intelligence platform to help analyze spending on the transportation of spare parts and other shipment, C4ISRNET reported Thursday. “The Army would like to see if Watson could look at all of […] More
ManTech International has achieved full operational capability for a military-grade cyber range designed to help government customers test, evaluate and train with cybersecurity tools. The company said Wednesday it developed the Advanced Cyber Range Environment to examine preparedness of customer networks to defend against security threats. Kevin Phillips, president and chief operating officer of ManTech and […] More
A Red Hat–Kryptowire team has received a contract from the Department of Homeland Security to develop methods to automate compliance of mobile applications with government security and privacy standards. Both companies aim to create a framework for security and privacy compliance automation in the mobile app life cycle as part of the Mobile Application Security project managed by […] More
A new Unisys survey has found that 59 percent of federal information technology executives said they think IT modernization programs at their agencies have led to a rise in security challenges. Unisys said Wednesday it commissioned research firm Market Connections to poll 200 IT leaders at federal civilian and defense agencies and found that 43 […] More
Cubic‘s global defense segment has secured a potential $25 million contract to develop three mobile combat training centers for an unidentified Asia-Pacific country. The company said Wednesday it will also help the international customer implement communication system components, integrate exercise control systems and conduct after action reviews. Dave Buss, president of Cubic Global Defense and an inductee into […] More
Those who follow the defense industry will probably recognize the name Heather Wilson, the United States’ 24th Secretary of the Air Force, former cabinet secretary representative for the New Mexico state government and National Security Council staff director for European defense policy and arms control under the George H.W. Bush administration. With a variety of […] More
Earl Matthews, vice president of DXC Technology‘s enterprise security solutions group, has said the establishment of a new space-focused military branch under a House bill could divert the U.S. government from issues facing the U.S. Air Force and the Defense Department. “The focus on space needs to be squarely on situational awareness: our ability to monitor and […] More
Lockheed Martin‘s space systems business hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a satellite manufacturing facility that will be built at the company’s Colorado campus, Denver Business Journal reported Wednesday. The company announced in early August it made a $350 million investment to build the 266,000-square-foot Gateway Center, which is scheduled to open in 2020. Rick Ambrose, executive […] More
Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer of Dell EMC’s federal business, told MeriTalk in an interview published Thursday that the U.S. Navy should leverage and manage large amounts of data through adoption of converged and hyperconverged architecture aboard ships to provide analytical results to commanders in real time during combat missions. Chehreh said the use of such platforms […] More
CACI International has won a three-year, $51 million task order under the Network-Centric Solutions-2 contract vehicle to provide software development support for the U.S. Air Force‘s 90th Cyberspace Operations Squadron. The company said Wednesday it will also continue to help 90th COS manage software for the Air, Space, and Cyberspace Constructive Environment–Information Operations Simulation suite. CACI President and […] More
Tom Romeo, general manager of U.S. federal services business at Maximus, has said agencies should adopt an outcomes-based contracting model as the Trump administration calls for the federal government to improve the delivery of services to citizens amid scant resources. Romeo, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 for 2017, wrote in a Government Executive article published […] More
Concurrent Technologies Corp. has opened at its Richland Township, Pennsylvania-based facility a new center that will work to design compact modular reactors in support of small-scale nuclear plants, GovTech.com reported Friday. CTC President and CEO Ed Sheehan said the Center for Advanced Nuclear Manufacturing at the company’s Richland campus will employ approximately 30 people from the […] More
